Buckley

Buckley

DE-217

USS Coolbaugh

DE-217

Photo 1

Photo 1

The official US Navy caption for this photo says this unidentified destroyer escort is transfering wounded personnel to the USS Sangemon (CVE-26) on October 26, 1944, near Leyte. The enlarged inset at the upper left shows that this is USS Coolbaugh (DE-217) wearing camouflage 32/22D. Note the boundary between light gray and ocean gray in front of the breaking wave and that the funnel cap is painted dull black. Photo source: NARA 80-G-291254.